David Cornish studied illustration at the University of South Australia, where in 1993 he began to compile a series of notebooks: over the next ten years he filled 23 journals with his pictures, definitions, ideas and histories of his world, the “Half-Continent”. It wasn’t until 2003 that a chance encounter with a children’s publisher gave him an opportunity to develop these ideas further. Learning of his journals, she urged him to write a story from his world. From this grew the Monster Blood Tattoo series.

The Fan Guests of Honor at Conjecture were Catherine and Steve Scholz, well known costumers in Adelaide. They also provide displays to advertise movies. Many of their life-size mannequins of movie characters were on display around the convention.
Ewart managed to catch Steve for a few words…

Peter M Ball is a writer from Brisbane. At the time of Conjecture, Twelfth Planet Press had just launched his novella, Horn, which warns that unicorns aren’t always nice creatures…
Ewart Shaw delved further.

Critical MassFebruary 6, 2019 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmKappys Tea Merchants, 22 Compton St, AdelaieCritical Mass, a critical discussion group about SF & Fantasy, meets on the first Wednesday of each month at Kappys. There's usually a guest speaker, and some discussion about recent events and mini-reviews.